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Interest rates

Federal Reserve

Economy

Negative Interest Rates Will Damage an Already Crippled Economy

Some economists believe that a negative interest rate policy will stimulate the economy by reducing the cost of loans. That isn’t how it has worked in practice.

Simon Constable | 6.9.2020 12:10 PM

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Federal Reserve

Trump Gets What He Wants as Federal Reserve Interest Rate Target Drops to Zero

Paired with a new round of quantitative easing, the Fed takes us back to the 2008 playbook.

Brian Doherty | 3.15.2020 7:55 PM

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Economics

Don't Trade Stock Tips or Obsess About the Fed, Read Moby Dick Instead

You need to be inoculated from some strange but popular notions about the economy.

Deirdre McCloskey | 12.19.2019 6:30 AM

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Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates After Trump Calls for Zero Interest Rates

The rate cut is too little, too late for Trump, who says after the move that his Fed chair lacks "guts, sense, vision"

Brian Doherty | 9.18.2019 7:00 PM

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Interest rates

Trump Demands Zero Interest Rates From "Boneheads" at the Federal Reserve

Such a move would emulate other economies, risk inflationary bubbles, and benefit his businesses.

Brian Doherty | 9.11.2019 5:15 PM

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Financial Crisis

What Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: Market Distortions or Market Failure? A Debate

Former BB&T Bank CEO John Allison vs. Moody's Mark Zandi

Todd Krainin | 2.27.2019 12:30 PM

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Federal Reserve

Fed Officials Will Continue Interest Rate Hikes in Face of Booming Economy

Minutes from the Fed's June meeting indicate that it will continue gradual interest rate hikes.

Nikhil Sridhar | 7.6.2018 2:15 PM

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Banking

Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate

Texas Tech University's Robert Murphy vs. Cato's George Selgin at the Soho Forum

Todd Krainin | 4.27.2018 1:45 PM

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Federal Reserve

Cassandra of the Crash: An Interview With Former Dallas Fed Researcher Danielle DiMartino Booth

Brian Doherty | 6.17.2017 6:00 AM

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Policy

The Cost of Carrying Debt

Low interest rates ease the pain of carrying so much debt. But in the long run, somehow, the U.S. will end up paying for it.

Peter Suderman | 3.19.2017 7:15 AM

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Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate Target for Third Time Since 2006

Brian Doherty | 3.15.2017 4:45 PM

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